Guitar scale · Pentatonic & blues
B♭ major pentatonic scale on guitar
Every position of the B♭ major pentatonic scale on the guitar neck, with tabs and fingering.
Five notes and no half steps, so nothing clashes — the sound of country, pop and classic rock solos.
Its relative minor pentatonic is G minor pentatonic — same notes, different home note.
- Notes
- B♭CDFG
- Formula
- 12356
- Steps
- WWW+HWW+H
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 5 positions using the classic pentatonic box shapes
Position 1 tab · frets 5–8, ascending
e|---------------------6-8-| B|-----------------6-8-----| G|-------------5-7---------| D|---------5-8-------------| A|-----5-8-----------------| E|-6-8---------------------|
Play from the lowest note to the highest, then back down. Use one finger per fret: your index finger covers fret 5. R marks the root — the home note to start and end on.
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